Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Number of Railroad Passenger Cars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1919-1945 (2)--Original Data, 1938-1964. Data Represent Shipments From Car Builders Only. The Survey Of Current Business Of May 1944 Shows A Revised Average Of 1942 Of 17. This Would Mean An Annual Total Of 204 (191 Is Given Here). The 13 Car Difference Cannot Be Alloted To Any Single Month. Source: Survey Of Current Business, March 1940, P. 16; 1942 Supplement, And Following Monthly Issues Through The March 1946 Issue.

This NBER data series m01150a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.

NBER Indicator: m01150a